Nature reserve built with help of soil from Crossrail scheme is to expand
A marshland nature reserve built with the help of more than three million tonnes of soil from the Crossrail scheme is to be expanded. RSPB Wallasea Island, in Essex, includes vast amounts of material ...
Armed conflicts most urgent risk to global economies – World Economic Forum
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) annual global risk survey highlighted declining optimism around the global economic backdrop.
Pothole damage costs reach record highs on UK roads
The AA said the total cost of fixing vehicles it attended in the UK which had broken down because of poor road surfaces in 2024 was £579 million.
Andrew Malkinson ‘vindicated’ after resignation of case review board boss
Criminal Cases Review Commission chairwoman Helen Pitcher quit on Tuesday, claiming she had been made a ‘scapegoat’ in the case.
Train operator takes 5,000 pupils on free trips
Avanti West Coast provided 215 excursions for 5,250 schoolchildren aged between four and 18 through its Feel Good Field Trips initiative.
Ganning in search of the gingangs - have you spotted one yet?
GINGANG, horse engine, jenny ring, wheelshed, roundhouse, derelict farm out-building… Call them what you like, there were once hundreds of ...
Parents’ mental health now most common factor in children’s social care need
Parents’ poor mental health has become the most common factor in children’s social care assessments in England, according to a report which saw it cited more often than domestic abuse for the first ...